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Power plant · EIA plant code 7097

J K Spruce

Operator
City of San Antonio - (TX)
Location
Bexar, TX (county level only)
Balancing authority
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCO)
Nameplate capacity
1,488.5 MW
Summer capacity
1,345 MW

Planned changes reported to EIA: 1 planned retirement.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 10, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generation in 2025

Net generation
6,462,273 MWh
Capacity factor
49.6%

Capacity factor is net generation divided by nameplate capacity times the hours each generator was in service that year, counted by month.

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Power Plant Operations Report (Form EIA-923) · data for 2025 · as of Sep 11, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Emissions

Carbon dioxide in 2023
5,574,071 metric tons
Carbon dioxide per MWh
2,420 lb/MWh

eGRID reports 6,144,361 short tons. One short ton is 0.90718474 metric tons.

Emissions are for 2023, the newest eGRID year. Generation is for 2025, the newest EIA-923 year.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) · data for 2023 · as of Jun 16, 2025 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

Generators

Generators at J K Spruce
GeneratorTechnologyEnergy sourceNameplateOperating sinceStatus
1Conventional Steam CoalSUB566 MW1992Operable · Planned retirement: 2028 (reported to EIA) · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating
2Conventional Steam CoalSUB922.5 MW2010Operable · As of September 2026 (EIA-860M): (OP) Operating

U.S. Energy Information Administration · Monthly Update to the Annual Electric Generator Report (Form EIA-860M) · data for 2026-09 · as of Oct 23, 2026 · retrieved Oct 31, 2026 · CC-BY-4.0

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